Do schooling reforms improve long-term health?

Artikel

A statistical association between more education and better health outcomes has long been observed, but in the absence of experimental data researchers have struggled to find a causal effect. Schooling reforms such as raising school leaving age, which have been enacted in many countries, can be viewed as a form of natural experiment and provide a possible method of identifying such an effect. However, the balance of evidence so far is that these reforms have had little impact on long-term health. Thus, policymakers should be cautious before anticipating a health effect when introducing reforms of this nature.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: IZA World of Labor ; ISSN: 2054-9571 ; Year: 2016 ; Bonn: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Returns to Education ; Education: Government Policy ; Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
• Subject: schooling reform ; long-term health ; local treatment effect

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Madden, David
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2016

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.15185/izawol.306
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/148531
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET